Have you ever had an unpleasant thought or image that seems to pop into your head out of nowhere? These unwanted mental visitors, also known as intrusive thoughts, can be disturbing, distressing and ...

Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can be isolating and unpredictable. Around 13 million adults in the United States — 5% of the population — experience PTSD each year, according to the ...

Traumatic experiences reorganize the brain, essentially rewiring it in an effect known as neuroplasticity. Early intervention ...

Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert explains how witnessing traumatic events, like recent deaths, can cause shock, fear and sleep ...

PTSD in teens often shows up through noticeable changes in mood, behavior, and daily functioning, and treatment becomes necessary when these symptoms persist or interfere with school, relationships, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing a traumatic event. Symptoms include intrusive memories, flashbacks, avoidance of triggers, ...

Post-traumatic stress symptoms are common among caregivers for people with cancer, affecting more than 1 in 8, researchers say. Caregivers have a higher risk of experiencing hypervigilance and ...

Shiffrin tells PEOPLE she "crashed into a gate" but isn't even sure how she sustained the wound Mikaela Shiffrin had to overcome more than the physical pain of a puncture wound to her abdomen when she ...

RTI International launched a randomized, controlled trial of SGB in 2014 and concluded in 2019 that the treatment "is indeed ...

Some of my clients find me after a lifetime of perfectionism and self-judgement, working (too) hard to make everything seem okay from the outside and paying (too) high a price for doing it. Some find ...

Mikaela Shiffrin says she has dealt with "intrusive thoughts" and symptoms of PTSD after crashing during a race in November 2024 She suffered a five-centimeter-deep puncture wound to her abdomen ...